Bruichladdich launch Greener Still whisky - a last in the Still Series
A third whisky in Bruichladdich’s Still Series has been released.
The team at Bruichladdich distillery have unveiled Greener Still, a 15-year-old single malt Scotch whisky created to mark 25 years since the Hebridean distillery’s resurrection - and to shine a spotlight on environmental and social sustainability in Scotch whisky.
Completing the trio of special-edition whiskies released to celebrate the 25th anniversary, Bruichladdich Greener Still pays homage to an infamous single malt series in the distillery’s recent history.
The limited-edition joins Bruichladdich’s iconic Still Series: Blacker Still, Redder Still and Golder Still – renowned for their striking, opaque, colour-coded bottles – which between 2006 and 2008 showcased the distillery’s experimental approach to cask maturation. While its predecessors focused on sherry, Bordeaux and bourbon influence, Bruichladdich Greener Still shifts the emphasis from cask to field, celebrating greener growing and distilling.
Distilled from a combination of Organic, Biodynamic and Bere barley, Bruichladdich Greener Still is designed to express both flavour and farming philosophy in the glass.
Each cereal plays a distinct role: Organic barley grown on the Scottish mainland without artificial inputs; Biodynamic barley from carbon-positive Yatesbury House Farm in Wiltshire, England - Bruichladdich’s only exception to its 100% Scottish barley rule - and ancient, genetically diverse Bere barley, cultivated on Orkney in partnership with the University of the Highlands and Islands’ Agronomy Institute.
Gareth Brown, global marketing director at Bruichladdich Distillery, said: “Bruichladdich Greener Still is the whisky we have been quietly working towards for 25 years. It’s a statement of intent that says flavour and environmental responsibility not only can go hand in hand – they must.
“When our founders brought Bruichladdich back to life in 2001, they set out to reconnect land, community and dram. Since then we’ve championed local barley, worked directly with farmers, explored Organic, Bere and Biodynamic crops, and committed to being a certified B Corp. Bruichladdich Greener Still is that journey in one bottling, a single malt Scotch whisky rooted in the soil as much as in our stills.”
As a Victorian distillery that was not “born green”, Bruichladdich has spent the past two decades trialling ways to reduce its impact, from regenerative agriculture, experimenting with anaerobic digestion and low-carbon biofuels, to exploring renewable heating solutions such as Green Flame - with the ambition to decarbonise distilling operations entirely.
Bruichladdich Greener Still has been matured for its entire 15-year maturation life in first-fill bourbon barrels, resting solely at the distillery on Islay. Like all Bruichladdich single malt whiskies, it is unpeated. The whisky is bottled at 51.6% ABV, un-chill filtered and with no added colour.
The distillery’s master blender, Adam Hannett, said: “Bruichladdich Greener Still is a barley-forward whisky in every sense. The Organic, Biodynamic and Bere barley parcels each bring something different – texture, spice, fruit and this incredible malt character that runs right through the dram.
“The bourbon casks frame that complexity without ever overpowering it. You get soft florals on the nose, ripe orchard fruit and honeyed sweetness on the palate, and this effortless, velvety finish with a lick of vanilla and coastal freshness. It’s a whisky of precision and elegance, revealing profound depth the longer you sit with it.”
Bruichladdich Greener Still is the final special-edition bottling released to mark the distillery’s 25th anniversary, joining Bruichladdich Old Skool and Bruichladdich Yellow Submarine III which were released earlier this year.
Bruichladdich Greener Still has an RRP of £120 and will be available via bruichladdich.com and in specialist whisky retailers from August 2026.
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